Re: 3.2.0

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Robert T. Short
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Just a question.  What are the criteria for a release?  I am not arguing
> about the release, just want to know what the process is.
>
> I have a few OOP items that need to be done, but the only real thing that
> should be finished before releasing 3.2 is some documentation and the clear
> classes function.  How does this fit in?
>

What should "clear classes" do? Is the OOP seriously less usable
without it? If not, I'd leave it for a later release. Is this going to
require API changes?

AS for the docs, they surely deserve an ocean of improvements, but I
don't see it as a stopper now. IMHO, the OOP support in 3.2.0 is to be
regarded as experimental, and so it does not much mind that the docs
is incomplete.

>
> Also, Jaroslav seemed to think that nobody liked the stable repository
> thing.  I didn't get that impression at all.  I am not sure we ever agreed
> on the front-to-back process, but I thought the basic notion was pretty
> agreed on.  It seems to me he should just do it in a way that seems to work
> for him using the stable repository.  If there are problems, we will just
> have to do something else.
>

That was just my impression, we can surely discuss it further. But
right now I'm inclined to use the older, "proven" way to prevent
further delays.

regards

-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz